- stuporous
- stupor ► NOUN ▪ a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.DERIVATIVES stuporous adjective.ORIGIN Latin, from stupere 'be amazed or stunned' .
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stuporous — Relating to or marked by stupor. SYN: carotic. * * * stu·por·ous st(y)ü p(ə )rəs adj marked or affected by stupor <was found in her home in a stuporous and unresponsive state (Irving Robinson )(et al)> <a stuporous patient> … Medical dictionary
stuporous — adjective Date: 1877 marked or affected by or as if by stupor < had been taken, gray and stuporous, to the hospital Oliver Sacks > … New Collegiate Dictionary
stuporous — See stupor. * * * … Universalium
stuporous — adjective having slow or confused reactions, as if in a stupor; groggy … Wiktionary
stuporous — Synonyms and related words: anesthetized, cataleptic, comatose, doped, dozy, dreamy, drowsy, drugged, drugged with sleep, half asleep, heavy, heavy with sleep, heavy eyed, in a stupor, languid, lethargic, napping, narcoleptic, narcose, narcotized … Moby Thesaurus
stuporous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Lacking responsiveness or alertness: benumbed, dull, insensible, insensitive, numb, torpid, unresponsive, wooden. See AWARENESS. 2. Lacking mental and physical alertness and activity: hebetudinous, lethargic,… … English dictionary for students
stuporous — adj. unconscious; in a state of shock, dazed, numb … English contemporary dictionary
stuporous — stu·por·ous … English syllables
stuporous — adjective stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) • Syn: ↑dazed, ↑foggy, ↑groggy, ↑logy • Similar to: ↑lethargic, ↑unenrgetic • Derivationally related fo … Useful english dictionary
stupor — stuporous, adj. /stooh peuhr, styooh /, n. 1. suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor. 2. mental torpor; apathy; stupefaction. [1350 1400; ME < L … Universalium
